Category: Events

Not 64, and 2975: number of the victims of the hurricane in Puerto Rico was underestimated by 50 times. How is this possible? Authorities in Puerto Rico reported that the number of casualties struck the island in September 2017 hurricane “Maria” is 50 times greater than the digit, which was considered true until now. Upstairs A year in the official data bore 64 of the victims, in fact they 2975 people. Many were killed during the hurricane, but because of the lack of adequate health care, electricity and drinking water. Many also died due to blood poisoning and lack of medicines for people with diabetes. The new data came through the study conducted by experts from George Washington University. Trump did not help The Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rosello said that his government regret to have to agree with the findings of the independent Commission. The government of Puerto

The battle for scallops: French and British fishermen have faced in the sea French fishermen accused of assaulting English counterparts with stones and smoke grenades. In the night of Tuesday off the coast of Normandy there was a skirmish in which the French party was attended by 35 fishing boats. The fishermen of the two countries came to blows over the right to catch scallops. Upstairs Maritime collision occurred at 22 kilometers from the coast of Normandy, in the Bay of the Seine. This area is rich in scallops. The British fishermen have the legal right to catch them, but the presence of the British don’t like French fishermen, who believe that their colleagues extract too much shellfish. Now the British fishermen hope to obtain protection from the government, and the French are afraid of losing one of their “most important resource”. What happened? In the night of Tuesday 35

Two women died in an accident on the highway in the Novosibirsk region In the Novosibirsk region, an elderly driver lost control and collided with the truck and killed both the passenger cars. Upstairs The incident occurred on 28 August at 23:15 on 1069-m kilometer of the highway Omsk — Novosibirsk. 60-the summer inhabitant of the Vats behind the wheel of the car VAZ-21101 drove into the oncoming lane and collided with a truck Scania under control of 48-the summer inhabitant of the Novgorod region. In the accident died at the scene of the accident two passengers of VAZ: 64-year-old and 70-year-old resident Vats. The driver domestic legkovushki with numerous injuries was taken to a medical facility. “In fact, road accidents currently being tested, set all the circumstances of the incident,” — said the press service of the Ministry of internal Affairs across the Novosibirsk region. We will remind, on

Thousands of bees attacked stalls with hot dogs in new York A swarm of bees swarmed the truck with hot dogs on one of the Central areas of new York — times square. Upstairs As the newspaper writes New York Post, the area had to block that the bees didn’t sting passers-by. A police officer in a protective suit collected insects special vacuum device, after which bees in a safe and sound was delivered in a more appropriate place. Thousands of bees swarmed a New York City hot dog vendor on Tuesday, causing the New York Police Department to deploy its in-house beekeepers. https://t.co/kH0uYNMLD1 pic.twitter.com/69CkAt7boV — The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) August 28, 2018. It is noted that Roy, according to some estimates, consisted of thousands of individuals. As a result of incident nobody has suffered. Police sealed off part of New York’s Times Square after 30,000 bees attacked a hot

The South Korean’s hand was amputated after poisoning at a sushi restaurant The South Korean had an arm amputated at the elbow after the poisoning of land, reports the New England Journal of Medicine. Upstairs MOSCOW, August 28 — RIA Novosti. It is noted that 12 hours after ingestion of the 71-year-old man swelled up left hand. This reaction was the result of infection with flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio Vulnificus contained in the raw fish. Doctors used to drain swollen areas on hand and removed the infected tissue, after which the patient was prescribed antibiotics. However, the treatment did not help, and when returning to the doctors on the 25th day after the poisoning — it turned out that the men formed tissue necrosis. In this regard, the doctors decided to amputate the hand and forearm.

On the troop train in Transbaikalia was attacked by about ten people In Zabaykalsky Krai, about ten people tried to attack a troop train. About it RIA Novosti was informed in the press service of the Main military investigative Department of the investigative Committee of Russia. Upstairs The incident occurred at night on Monday in the town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky. About 22 o’clock train, EN route to the exercises “Vostok-2018”, with personnel and military equipment was stopped at the station of Petrovsky Zavod. According to investigators, at about midnight, about ten people approached the train and began to throw stones at the sentries. Hour made the shot into the air, but the bullies ignored the warning. Soldiers were forced to open fire on defeat. As a result, one of the attackers was mortally wounded. The scene started to work investigative team. Military investigators, in particular, began checking on the fact of